Chapter 587

Maja just glanced at her phone.

Noticing it was late, she nonchalantly said, “Mr. Raymond, I gotta bounce.*

tan didn’t react, only the sound of his door closing could be heard.

As Maja reached the hotel lobby, a wave of sadness washed over her.

She looked up at the sky, trying to keep the tears from falling.

Then Zoey called.

Zoey would call at least three times a day, reporting on company matters.

But this call wasn’t about the company; it was about the legal team.

“Ms. Pennyfeather, we’ve gotten wind of who’s taken the fall for the Shepard family, It’s Dalia’s son, who’s currently in the slammer. The whole thing’s stirred up a lot of chitchat; even the big shots are paying attention. With solid evidence, things moved quickly, and they’ve taken him away. Dalia is busy scrambling around, hoping to bail her son out. If all goes as expected, he’d be looking at a ten–year sentence.”

It turned out it was someone she knew.

Maja quickly slapped herself in the face, trying to shake off the sadness. She didn’t even notice that lan had followed her out.

He seemed worried about her heading home alone so late.

phone, laughing and chatting, seemingly unaffected by his matters, he was almost unable to contain the rush of

instructing Zoey, “Keep our legal team on the case. If Dalia’s son gets a ten–year sentence, Dalia would definitely hold

with lan standing

had witnessed her clash with

it seemed natural that

not to let her have her way. So after she hung up the phone, he

cigarette, his eyes red from the smoke and, in

his voice, Maja slowly turned around to see him standing

the lit cigarette elegantly, looking at her

will I keep the Shepard family’s company from going under, but I’ll

power to do it, and it wouldn’t be

a loss for words.

widely recognized prodigy in the financial world. He was

when he did, he showed no

now was impossible.

did follow through, all her recent efforts

and she was nothing more

grabbed her chin, kissed her, and blew smoke

was smoking didn’t have a strong nicotine taste

uncomfortable, her eyes reddening from the

looking at her with a hint of ruthlessness

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